Re: NASA: past its sell-by date
A modern copy of Rocket Propulsion Elements has all of that. The problem isn't that its illegal to print, its that doorstops are what consumers buy.
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Anybody can take any book Google puts up and reprint it in any way they want without fear of action by Google.
As for people who don't want Google reprinting their stuff, fine, come forward, Google will *pay* you to tell them to stop using your stuff under this deal. Probably a lot more money than anything considered an orphaned work is worth too.
Vista likes to hide its BSODs, but they happen. Watch for random shutdowns, or going to a black screen and locking up. Thats usually a BSOD, and Vista is hiding it to make itself look better (you can usually find the code in the event log to confirm if its an actual BSOD or not).
Getting as many as the kid describes though... He probably didn't install any updated drivers. Or his hardware is just crappy quality.
Those copyright owners who haven't come forward will be free to do so under the settlement. Google has agreed to establish a registry for them to file claims with. Not only that, Google has agreed to *pay* them for each work they claim.
There might be a number of things in there that don't represent real orphaned works, but under the terms of the settlement, that won't last.
"Symptoms include... carpal tunnel syndrome."
If you use a computer you're addicted to the net, even if that computer has no internet.
"The American Psychiatric Association currently does not recognize internet addiction as an actual disorder"
And I don't recognize the APA as being able to tell the difference between their head and the stick up their ass.
"addicted to browsing the internet, gaming, or even text messaging."
These people can't tell the difference between an Internet and gaming dependency. Which means they didn't even read the research in question.
"discovery quest," "life quest," vocational skills, "reflection group," a "mindfulness" session
These will not help with dependency. These will make the patient hate your guts, and resist any future attempts at treatment.
"12 step program"
Not useful without weekly treatment, this is pretty much begging for a relapse in a treat and release setting like this one.
There is no need to start your own project to scan books, just swipe all of Google's hard work (they have no copyright themselves). Google has actually *lowered* the cost of entry to its competitors.
And while competition is certainly better, are you people seriously so paranoid about Google that you'd rather not have the service exist at all?
This is a US citizen suing a US company over a post made by another US citizen. In what way is this not a US matter?
I have to agree with both sides here, if the post is defamatory, the plaintiff has no choice but to go after Google in the absence of the blogger.
Google shouldn't be taking things down without a court order either though.
Linux definitely infringes according to this filing. The FAT file-system pieces MS is claiming violates its patents are in the Linux software tom tom uses.
On top of that, this looks to have been launched by a new VP. We'll see how well the OIN thing works I guess. TomTom losing would be very bad for Linux though.
I'm disappointed that Microsoft won't have to bankrupt itself paying people off for the Vista Capable debacle. But personal feelings aside, I'm forced to admit the judge is right. The majority of people who got vista capable notebooks probably don't *want* Vista. And some of the ones who do are probably OK with Vista Basic (its cheaper after all) So a class action suit isn't really appropriate.
McCain is perfectly capable of using a computer (physically) or was in the past, he could have crippling arthritis now or something. He was a pilot after getting out of the POW camp (eventually, he spent a long time learning to walk again), and held a desk job that would have required using a typewriter. The only lasting injury is that he can't lift his arms above his head. Which sucks, but won't keep you from using a computer (I know a sys admin with the same problem).
While obviously you need a non nut alternative for anything as common as nut allergies... why the hell can't the kids just not eat nuts?
It only ever took me one bad reaction to learn to avoid certain things as a kid, or has hystaria grown so bad that they're afraid kids will suddenly develop a fatal allergy even though they've been eating them for years?
While we're at it, ban tomatoes in the schools, I can't eat them, and everyone else should have to suffer with me.
Not the reg, the hunter's propaganda thing.. The CDC report shows lead levels .4 micrograms higher than the average populace for those eating wild game. Its only those that eat wild game, but hadn't done so for at least a month, that lead levels dropped. The study didn't ask participants if lead was used or something else to kill the animals.
The lead levels in all study participants were not dangerous, and were significant in only 1% of cases.
On second thought, it is bad form on the Reg for not reading the CDC report.
No atmosphere and a lack of easily renewable water is going to make cooling this thing very very difficult. And the moons has some pretty wild temperature swings, which will mess with any kind of heat engines output pretty badly.
I guess you could supplement with solar in the daytime when a nuke plant would be less efficient though.
I don't know any browser/OS combination that would be immune, except for one without flash, though this only directs to a malware page, Linux/OSX* will almost certainly be immune to the .exe file even if its successfully pushed hrough firefox/opera/safari.
*Not necessarily from conventional security, but because these people will go for the biggest target.
Cyber attacks won't disrupt military communications, but without civilian backing a military's supply lines will quickly dwindle. Screwing up civilian communications would be invaluable in a drawn out war (though it didn't turn out that way), and is also a low impact way of getting civilians to rally against fighting. It's easy, politically, to keep troops in the thick of things forever if there are no consequences to anyone not in uniform on your side.
Also, as far as the timing goes, there must have been a delay between Georgia invading South Ossetia and Russia mobilizing, if Russia didn't actually have troops in the region (which I don't think they did.) the cyber attacks probably started early because the military wasn't ready yet.